Travis' Birthday

We celebrated Trav's birthday this weekend. Although, I don't think Saturday was a very fun day for him. He had to work to get something done for a doctor, and since we didn't go to Utah, I think it was a little disappointing. It was fun going to Brody's game that morning. Brody is really into sports these days. It's kind of cute because he always asks me stuff like, which NFL team do I think he should play on and what should he do about playing on Sunday and stuff like that. It's not a matter of IF he will get drafted, but WHICH team should he will choose. I love it how kids dream big!! Anyway, we got to go out on Friday to eat, so that was nice. We also celebrated with my parents on Sunday, so that was fun and much more relaxing for him to not have to worry about work!! I wanted to show these pictures because you can see all of the kids trying to open his meager 2 presents. They all wanted to help. Travis is a great sport and we appreciate all his hard work for us. I'm so grateful not to have to work outside the home and I really appreciate the burden he carries with work. He never complains. I know I would. He keeps up quite a rigorous schedule. I most appreciate his example and his patience. I have to lock his office door because the kids just want to go in and talk and play with him all the time. I know he loves it, but if I don't lock, the kids would always be in there. He is really good about trying to solve the kids problems by talking to them and trying to work it out. He is very forgiving. I just have lots of fun with him. We have a little date night most every night where we watch one of our shows and unwind. I would rather be with him than anyone else! Sometimes we say that we are hermits, but I like just being at home and hanging out together best. I love you Travis! What would I do without you?

Miscellaneous

Here are a few miscellaneous things that I wanted to write about for journaling purposes. First of all, Trey celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten on Friday. They have a big party in class, make T-shirts with 100 things on them, make projects that have or 100 things and have cake. It's a very fun day, and Trey loved it! He wanted my mom to come and so she did. She told me about something funny he did that day. While he was doing his work, a kid said,"Trey, do you know why no one plays with you at recess? It's because you're rude!" And Trey's response was, "What, what? I can't hear you!" That is so Trey! He marches to the beat of his own drum. He doesn't care about what other people think, he just does what he needs to do. Now, on a side note to that, my Mom said she went out to recess with him and he was playing with lots of kids. So I know he has friends, I think that kid must have been mad at him or something. Who knows? Maybe Trey was rude.

This is just so cute. My dad rode his bike over to our house and then took Charli on a "ride!" He pulled her around the cul-de-sac on her bike with a rope. She loved it! The reason you can't see Trey was because he was waiting to ride "home" with my dad. I tried to explain to him that it was too far to ride on his big wheels, but he wouldn't have it. He didn't want a small bike ride up our street, he wanted a BIG ride.


Can you say double twisters? When is this twisting gonna end? Charli's hair was just starting to fill in and now she has twisted a bunch out. Jeez!

Here is Lyssa in a rare cleaning moment. She is helping to put the Legos away instead of disaterizing the place. Also, does this girl's mother ever clean her up? She needs a bath! But she does look cute in her sister's boots.


Here is a funny thing Alyssa does. She "rides" this toy dinosaur. She loves doing this. These pictures don't quite do it justice. She is at my favorite age right now. She always does cute things!